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Month: October 2012

And so, the time has come where I must bid a fond adieu to you, the students extroadinaire of my first year at Haileybury. Words cannot express how proud I am of you. It is a grand achievement to have journeyed through 13 years of school, and arrive at this final moment with such enthusiasm […]

If you want to have a last minute look-see at how you will be marked in your exam please open the following link. It clearly explains the requirements for each score. English Written examination Examination criteria

I’ve often suggested that the use of transition phrases will make your essays more fluent, and lessen the jarring effect created by simply switching from one idea to the next. The following statement, from Smart Words (and you have to love any website that has a page titled “How to write good”!), highlights the ability of […]

Whenever you approach an essay topic you need to work out how you can answer it and show that you’ve got an individual interpretation of the film. So, what does this actually mean? Can you answer this question: what is the film On the Waterfront about? Standing up for one’s rights? Making good in an environment […]